The UC Irvine Comprehensive Brain Tumor Program sees adult and pediatric patients with brain, spinal cord and peripheral nerve tumors. In addition to skilled neurosurgeons and Orange County’s only fellowship-trained neuro-oncologist, our multidisciplinary team includes specialists in radiation oncology, neuropathology, neuroradiology and neuropsychology.
Our multidisciplinary brain tumor program is fully integrated and coordinated through effective neuro-oncology nurse facilitators. Together, the compassionate clinical team ensures that our patients receive optimized and individualized clinical services and experience seamless transition from outpatient to inpatient care.
Services:
- Skull base, cranial and spinal surgery aided by the latest image-guided and minimally invasive technologies including intraoperative MRI and skull base endoscopy.
- Gamma Knife stereotactic radiosurgery with the latest Gamma Knife PerfeXion unit.
- Intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) and spine radiosurgery with the Varian Trilogy linear accelerator.
- Chemotherapy treatments tailored to the patient's own molecular make-up, including new therapies to overcome resistance to traditional chemotherapy.
- Innovative approaches and breakthrough treatments through clinical research. UC Irvine offers multiple clinical trials in collaboration with leading nationally recognized experts.
- Comprehensive treatment of short-term and long-term complications from radiation and chemotherapy.
- Management of neurological complications of brain tumors.
- Monitoring and improving quality of live for brain tumor patients.
- Close collaboration with patients, caregivers and local physicians.
